Horse-collar.



PATENTED AUG.15, 1905.

3'. P. COOPER.

HORSE COLLAR.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 27, 1904.

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HORSE-"COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed December 2'7, 1904. Serial No. 238,467.

.To all 1071mm I'J/J 717/151 concern..-

Be it known that l, JOSEPH P. Ooornn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Farmersville, in the county of Oollin and State of T exas, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in limse-(lollars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention. relates to an improvement in, horse-collars, and has in view the provision of a practical. and durable COIlStlUCtlOH of collar entirely dispensing with the use of the ordinary hames.

To this end the invention contemplates a combination metal and leather collar so constructed as to require a minimum amount of leather in the manufacture thereof, while at the same time presenting a full cushion. effect to the shoulders of the horse and providing for the mounting of all the metal lixtures-- such as the rings, hooks, &e.-upon a metal base, thus bringing the rail of chains outside against a metal surface, thereby greatly increasing the strength and durability of the collar.

A further object of the invention is to provide a metal-leather construction which considerably lightens the ordinary types of horsecollars and at the same time adds strength and wearing qualities thereto. Also in this connection the improved construction provides for securely holding the cushion-roll to the base of the collar with a minimum amount of sewing, should that expedient be resorted to for securing the cushion-roll to the metal base.

With these and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

The essential features of the invention involved in carrying out the objects above indicated are necessarily susceptible to structural. change without departing from the scope of the invention; but a preferred em.- bodiment of the latter shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 a front view of a complete horsecollar embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side edge view viewed from the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a bottom end view of the collar. Fig. 5 is a cross-seetional view on. the line l 4t of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail elevation of the top end of the collar, viewed from the inside thereof. Fig. 7 is a detail plan of the top portion of the collar.

Like refr-wence-numerals designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

.ln carrying out the present invention the conventional ovate form of the ordinary horse-collar 'n'eserved.

The collar-body (designated in its entirety by the numeral. 1) is made up of the opposite semi-ovate sections 2 2, which an substantial duplicates in construction. Each of the opposite semi-ovate collar-sections essentially comprises an outer or front metal base 3 and an inner cushion-roll l, said raishion-roll consisting of a leather or equivalent cover 5 in the roll-pmlding 6, fitted into the cover at the inner side of the outer metal base 3. The outer metal base 3 of each collar-section is formed from a sheet of pressed steel or other sheet metal and is shapedv to the proper configuration of the collar, said base being of a tapering width toward the ends and provided at its upper end with an inturned top arm. 7 and at its lower end with a corresponding inturned bottom arm 8, which constitutes the usual coll ar ends disposed, respectively, above and below the neck of the animal.

One of the distinctive features of the present invention resides in the peculiar formation of the top and bottom ends 7 and 8 from the sheet metal body 3, constituting the outer metal base of each. collar-section. In this connection it will be seen from Figs. 2, 3, 6, and 7 of the drawings that the said upper inturned top arm 7, forming the top extension of the metal base 3, has formed therewith and projected therefrom an integral laterally-olfset socket-piece 9, which receives therein the upper end of the cushion-roll 4, while at the same time presenting a closed end for the attachment thereof of a leaf of the top hinge l O, which forms a pivotal or hinge connection at the top of the collar between the upper ends of the opposite collar-sections 2 2. The closed ends of the opposite socket-pieces 9 at the upper ends of said opposite collar-scctions have, respectively, fastened thereto the separate leaves of the top hinge 10, thus provid ing a double function for the integral socket- 1. ieces-viz., for the proper connection between the collar-sections at the top and for receiving thereinthe upper ends of the cushion-rolls at the inner sides of the outer metal lateral play or displacement of the parts bases. A corresponding construction is present at the bottom or lower end of the collar. It will be seen from Figs. 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings that the bottom arm 8 of each metal base 3 has formed integrally therewith and projected therefrom an enlarged laterally-offset bottom socket-piece 1.1,, which receives therein the lower end of the cushionroll 4. The socket-piece 11. at the lower extremity of one collar-section is preferably provided therein with a mortise 12, adapted to receive therein a tenon 13, projecting from the corresponding socket-piece 11 of the opposite collar section. The registering ongagement of the tenon 13 of the mortise 12 when the collar is closed upon the horses neck prevents undue lateral play or displacement of the lower ends of the collar when a straining pressure is applied thereto.

To provide for a simple and effective connection between. the cushion-roll. and the outer metal base 3 of each. collarsection, the said metal base is provided along its opposite longitudinal edges with a continuous line of fastening perforations 14.. forations not only runs along the opposite longitudinal edges of eachmetal base 3, but also continues entirely around the edges of the arms and socket-pieces 7 9 and S 11. The edges of the flexible roll-cover 5 are turned in beneath the said perforated edges of the metal base 3 and are secured thereto by means of stitching or equivalent securing means 15, engaging with the fastening perforations 14. The same method of connecting the roll-cover with the metal base is also preserved at the ends of the roll, which are tucked into the socket-pieces 9 and 10, and the padding occupies the space between the casing formed by the cover 5 and the metal base 3.

Various expedients may be resorted to for fastening together the lower ends of the collar-sections but a simple expedient is shown in the accompanying drawings and consists in the employment of a spring or equivalent coupling-hasp 16, secured fast at one end, as at 17, to the lower end of one collar-section and having its other free end adjustably engaged with a fastening device carried by the opposite collar-section. This fastening device may consist of a keeper-stud 1.8, pro- This line of per- 1 jeeted from one of the collar-sections 2 and adapted to be engaged by perforations 19 in the free end of the hasp 16 and also having mounted therein a retaining-key 20, placed through an opening in the stud 18 and lying in front of the hasp 16. The said hasp also preferably extends through the separate keepers 21 and 22, projected from the front 1 lower extremities of the opposite collar-sections, assisting materially to prevent undue while in working position upon the animal.

The metal base of each collar-section is adapted to have mounted thereon the usual heme-hook 23 and also the hame-ring 24, as well as any otherfixtures or fitting usually associated with the hames or collar of drafting-animals. This places all the strain and wear upon the metal parts of the collar-body, thereby greatly decreasing the durability and strength thereof.

It will be observed that the longitudinal edges of the metal bases are bent inwardly to overlap and protect the secured edges of the roll-covers.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described horsecollar will be readily apparent without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and

. minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the scope of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1.. A horse-collar comprising opposite collar-sections each consisting of an outer metal base extending the full length of the section and. having terminal socket-pieces, and a cushion-roll secured to the inner side of the base and engaging in the terminal socketpieces thereof.

2. A horse-collar comprising opposite collar-sections each consisting of an outer metal base extending the full length thereof, and a cushion-roll arranged at the inner side of the base and having a roll-cover whose edgesare arranged to underlap the edges of the base, and fastening means connecting the lapped edges of the base and roll-cover.

3. A horse-collar comprising opposite collarsections each consisting of an outer metal base provided at its upper and lower ends with inturned arm portions, each formed with a laterally-offset socket-piece, said base being provided along its longitudinal edges with a line of fastening perforations which also extend along the edges of said arms and the socket-pieces thereof, a cushion-roll arranged at the inner side of the base and extending into the terminal socket-pieces thereof, and a fastening connection between the edges of the roll-cover and the fastening perforations of the metal base.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOE P. COOPER.

itnesses:

A. P. RUTHERFORD, M. L. CABLE. 

